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'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground' [126r] (256/524)
The record is made up of 1 file (258 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1929-21 Sep 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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D * 0•NO*C-222*
POLITICAL AGS'ICY,
KUWAIT,
Bated the 19th July 193
3uhjeotj_,Jrplit 1 cal ;^ent T s iteoe gg*
As directed by you when I mentioned the above subje
verbally while at Bushire on Monday last* I am writing to
you to ask sanction for proceeding on recess to Shiraz from
Kuwait for on© month in the first place.
How that the Oil negotiations have been suspended
until th© end of September* things are perfectly quiet in
Kuwait.
On© case alone remains to be finished and that is
merely a formality. This is an exchange of letters between
the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and the Shaikh to ratify his agreement
to grant a 2 years option to the Royal Air T? orce for the
lease of the Shuwaikh area* and at the same time obtain his
formal agreement to rent that same area to the Royal Air ore
at £.1800 1" at any period Hla Majesty’s Government nay desire
to take It up, up to the end of the 2 yeara option. |'!
The Shaikh has already signified hla willingness
to conolude the above agreement on terns agreed to by the
Secretary of State and the Air Ministry and colonel . cwle,
in interviews with Colonel Dickson and again with Colonel
Fowle on 17th at Kuwait, vide correspondence ending with
Air Ministry’s Secret letter Ho. 8.81084/?t.iyD.0.I, dated
the 89th June, 193d and Colonel Fowle’s D.O. to you dated
Kuwait the 18th July 1954. ‘ h' n !
The letter to be forwarded to the haikh by the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
to ratify this agreementjwill of course have
to be approved of by you. j
S^^-- r* /? i
The Hon f bl© Lt.-Colonel G.Loch* I.A., ^ ^/, v , ^ ^
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the ersian xulf *
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This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the British Air Ministry and RAF Command in Iraq regarding the construction of a landing ground for aircraft in Kuwait. Proposals on costs of construction, potentially appropriate locations, and licensing matters are variously discussed alongside occasional correspondence with the Ruler of Kuwait and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in Bahrain on the same subject.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (258 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 260; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 18-59, and ff 196-198; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/280
- Title
- 'File 6/7 I Kuwait landing ground'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:138v, 140r:204v, 206r:230v, 232r:232v, 234r:239v, 242r:245v, 249r:249v, 251r:259v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence